About the movie
Two women facing major life changes become unlikely friends when they take to the road to “find themselves,” but when their #vanlife proves to be anything but Instagram worthy, they’re forced to confront the lives they left behind.
Seeking an escape, a creatively blocked artist and a high-strung consultant become fast—however unlikely—friends after a serendipitous encounter in which they learn they are reading the same self-help book, Vanish, wherein readers are encouraged to find themselves by losing themselves.
The unlikely duo team up Tommy Boy style, putting the rest of their lives and responsibilities on hold to take to the road, only to realize they have no idea who’s riding shotgun.
Visual style
Bucket list-worthy vistas and retro vehicles. Need we say more?
Call to mind the most irritatingly fabulous Instagram feed you’ve ever seen, and then imagine the pictures are moving. That’s #Vanish. See the full Lookbook.
Writer/Director
Celeste Chaney is an author and filmmaker. A journalist turned marketer, she left the corporate world to publish her first novel, In Absence of Fear, which received Honorable Mention at Foreword’s Book of the Year Awards. A chance encounter threw her headlong into film and she hasn’t looked back since.
Her scripts “DARK ROOMS” and “Cradle Song” have advanced as a finalist in various competitions and labs over the years, including Tribeca Film Institute’s AT&T Untold Stories Competition, the Alfred P. Sloan Filmmaker’s Fund, the Scriptapalooza Screenplay Competition, Screencraft’s Film Fund, The Stowe Story Lab and the 2019 and 2020 Sundance Labs.
Her short film, “Cradle Song,” was selected to screen at six film festivals in 2020.
Locations
Visually stunning and geographically diverse, Utah also has a film incentive program that offers qualifying film and television productions up to 25% tax credit or cash rebate on Utah spend.
Get in touch
celeste.chaney@gmail.com
